KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC):

LAWYERS FOR suspended West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels have announced their intention to challenge the two-year ban imposed on the Jamaican. In a press release yesterday, Jamaican attorneys Churchill Neita and Delano Harrison, both Queen's Counsels, said they believe an application for judicial review stands a realistic chance of success and plan to pursue it actively. "From the outset, we wish to make it pellucidly clear that we propose to challenge the findings of the majority (3 to 1) by way of judicial enquiry, as we believe a most grave injustice has been done by their finding of our client's liability of one of the ICC (International Cricket Council) disciplinary offences," the statement said.

The lawyers said there was a need to clarify the Òmany misunderstandings and misconceptionsÓ that have arisen from Samuels hearing before the WICB's disciplinary committee in St Lucia on May 9.

Samuels was charged with receipt of Òany money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring (him) or the game of cricket into disreputeÓ.